D               G
You would not believe your eyes
C              C
If ten million fireflies
D          G               C
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
D                 G
'Cause they'd fill the open air
C                   C
And leave teardrops everywhere
D                      G                      C
You'd think me rude But I would just stand and stare

C           G             D
I'd like to make myself believe
            C     G     Bm  C
That planet Earth turns slowly
     C                    G           C          D    Em
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    C             G           D
'Cause everything is never as it seems


D           G
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
C
From ten thousand lightning bugs
D              G               C
As they tried to teach me how to dance
D          G
a foxtrot above my head
C
a sock hop beneath my bed
  D             G                 C
a disco ball is just hanging by a thread


C           G             D
I'd like to make myself believe
            C     G     Bm  C
That planet Earth turns slowly
     C                    G           C          D    Em
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    C             G           D
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep

D             G           C
Leave my door open just a crack - Please take me away from here -
D               G              C
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac - Please take me away from here -
D        G                C
Why do I tire of counting sheep - Please take me away from here -
D               G               C
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

D              G
To ten million fireflies
C
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
D           G                     C
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
D                G
But I'll know where several are
C
If my dreams get real bizarre
D                     G               C
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar


C           G             D
I'd like to make myself believe
            C     G     Bm  C
That planet Earth turns slowly
     C                    G           C          D    Em
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    C             G           D
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep


C           G             D
I'd like to make myself believe
            C     G     Bm  C
That planet Earth turns slowly
     C                    G           C          D    Em
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    C             G           D
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep


C           G             D
I'd like to make myself believe
            C     G     Bm  C
That planet earth turns slowly
     C                    G           C          D    Em
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
  C                   G               D      D  G
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams